The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) has stated that it is looking forward to the reintroduction of the import and export restrictions bill in Parliament.
The Ministry of Trade presented the bill to restrict the importation of 22 items, including poultry, rice, and sugar, among others.
However, the laying of the bill was suspended following pushback from the Minority and some stakeholders.
Seth Twum Akwaboah, the Executive Secretary of the Association of Ghana Industries, said the bill protects infant Ghanaian businesses; hence, the expectation of its return and passage.
Restriction doesn’t mean that they are going to prevent goods from coming in. They are only trying to manage the situation. It was suspended for a while. I’m not the government, so I cannot tell when. But we are still following up, and hopefully, it should come back on stream,” Seth Twum Akwaboah stated.
However, on December 14, 2023, the leadership of the Joint Business Consultative Forum of Ghana expressed its excitement about the suspension of the Legislative Instrument (LI) seeking to restrict the importation of some products into the country.
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